Trump classified documents case in slow motion as 3-day hearing begins
FORT PIERCE, Fla. — The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Trump is hearing arguments Friday on a long-shot defense effort…
Supreme Court rejects California man’s Trump T-shirt trademark
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down a California attorney’s bid to trademark the phrase “Trump Too Small” for his exclusive use on T-shirts.…
D.A. Alvin Bragg, Trump’s prosecutor, to testify before Congress
WASHINGTON — Manhattan Dist. Atty. Alvin Bragg has agreed to testify before Congress on July 12, a day after former President Trump’s sentencing in his hush…
In Silicon Valley, more support for Trump is trickling in. Is it a big threat to Biden?
If California is the political fundraising powerhouse of the nation, Silicon Valley has grown into one of the increasingly dominant forces of campaign cash. And…
Kamala Harris greeted by over a hundred protesters outside fundraising event in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — Vice President Kamala Harris, the former San Francisco district attorney, arrived at her old stomping ground Wednesday to raise money for the…
How Trump’s deny-everything strategy could hurt him at sentencing
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has had plenty to say since his hush money trial conviction last week. He’s claimed the case was rigged, incorrectly linked President…
Trump rages, Biden struggles to tame the war in Gaza: A sharp contrast
WASHINGTON — Former President Trump stood in the lobby of his namesake office tower in New York on Friday morning, lashing out at “fascists” in the…
Trump heads to California to fundraise after guilty verdict
In the wake of former President Trump’s conviction of 34 felonies, he is heading to California next week to raise campaign cash at high-dollar events…
What happens after the Trump verdict will test American democracy
The verdict is in. Former President Trump was found guilty Thursday of all 34 felony counts against him in the New York hush money case…
Most California Republicans in competitive congressional races are silent on Trump’s conviction
Most of the Republican candidates for Congress in California’s most competitive districts reacted to the news of former President Trump’s historic criminal conviction with radio…
Column: Trump is a convicted felon, but that may not stand in his way
WASHINGTON — Former President Trump’s conviction on 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records in New York is an ignoble first. No former president has ever…
Biden pushes priorities on environment and more as election nears
WASHINGTON — As he seeks to secure his legacy, President Biden has unleashed a flurry of rules this election year on the environment and other topics,…
Column: Trump and Biden both think they can land a knockout in debates
WASHINGTON — The presidential campaign appears achingly close and oddly immovable. Former President Trump leads narrowly in national and swing-state polls, but his advantage is too…
Trump’s resilience gives California GOP dreams of payback
BURLINGAME, Calif. — Former President Trump’s resilience in the 2024 presidential campaign is providing the California Republican Party, whose members gathered in the Bay Area this…
Biden, Trump head to Southern California for big fundraisers
President Biden and former President Trump are heading to Southern California in June for big-dollar fundraisers. The former president arrives first for an event June…
Biden raises millions in California as he calls his campaign underestimated
President Biden raised millions of dollars for his reelection bid in Silicon Valley on Friday as he poked at former President Trump and argued that…
Lauren Boebert is her own best ally and worst enemy
LOVELAND, Colo. — Lauren Boebert was preaching to the faithful, prowling the stage of a megachurch and delivering a sermon — filled with Scripture and references…
Column: Biden’s big campaign promises come with a warning label
WASHINGTON — For two weeks, former President Trump has been cooped up in a Manhattan courtroom on charges that he falsified records to conceal payments to…
Biden says he’s ‘happy to debate’ Trump during interview with Howard Stern
NEW YORK — President Biden said Friday that he is willing to debate his presumptive Republican opponent, Donald Trump, later this fall — his most definitive…
Trump’s bad week shows his new reality
WASHINGTON — Former President Trump’s tough week showed as well as any to date why he is facing a new and unprecedented reality as a presidential…